Straw-braid hat.



P. N. KNAPP.

' STRAW BRAID HAT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-I0. I915.

1,21 9,1 1 1 Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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Be it known t it I Pniur X. KNAI'I',

a citizen of the United States, residing at South h'orwalk 'in the c'ity of 'Norwll'k, in

a the count of imagine o r sun of onneeticut, are invented a new Straw-Braid Hat, of which the following is a descrip- 'tion.

My invention relates to atmw-braid hats having a flexible brim; and the objects of my improvement are:

let. '0 proride a flexible brim which will not open between the braids when bent down; "2nd. To provide a hatof flexible brim that will hold the shape better;

8rd. To accomplish the objects and re ulize the advantages of my impmvement without enhnnein'g' the cost of the but be yond commemiallimita, and without diseurdln prment machines on whlrh etrnwbraid nuts are sewed.

'I attain these objects ill: the im rove'd hat illustrated intho accompanying- (ii-owing, in which Figure l-ia a perspective view of the completed straw hat embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a iieee of the improved brim will! a piece of the adjurent band and side any design. with or without my im'provcmeat. v

' Fig. 4. is a piece of striuv-hraid having both edmai pattern edema, in this figure sawtraithedgea; but they may he of any puttern. .-In the eompletml but A, the brim B is shown to he. made of six alra-w braids stitched tzcngetber, but it may be made of more or fewer braids preferably all in ,one length, spiral, aml alilehed together ,OIl .a sewing machine. I) in the side-term: a; It is the ti i, l is the hat hand; (i 's in band row, is the edge of the brim: is the right edge of the braidgK ia the lap ,edge. i

'The brim of the hat in the {lrawin is llat, but it may be curved. rolled or. at up or down.

Straw-maid, the raw material for making suehhatq hasan ornamental edge I, in the drawing. shown we a saw-tooth edge, or it may be of fun aha pattern, or liken flat or blunt saw toot I, or of wuntlesa other (-rown, showing on an enlarged scale the.

forms, scores of patterns being in use this year, some of them new, and hundreds of other patterns having come and gone in years past; but the pattern ed '1: in the trade at and in thilsepecification is ca led the right edge and designated I, and in the edge which is exposed on the outside of the hat; K, the other edge of the straw-braid, is called the underlap or inside edge. and this underlain K of the braid is covered by the right er go I of the adjacent braid, and the two are stitched together as make the hat.

I will describe my improved but by describing the steps in making a flexible brim straw-braid hat, havin, my impmrenu-nt,

and by desel'il'iing in outline the sewing machine and its guides on which my improved hnte'un be most conveniently stitched: but rdofthis b 'wu 'v of illustration and not as a limitation.

A flexible or soft-brim straw hat is stif fened more or less, preferably two and one-- half braids from the edge, with Flu-och gelatin glue of 8; degree: Banm denaitv; the remaining inner part of the brim and the lower part of the side rrown to about an inch above the band-row s stiffened only a litt e, u '=:h the same glue, but of only oneliul; degree Bnum; the remainder of the side crown and thewhole of the tip are stiffened with the same glue of 3} degrees llamm'sdrnsity, leaving flexible the part around the head siiie an that the but may uniform to the head.

This is the well-known flexible brim, straw-braid straw hat, but it contains a serious blomialnaml a weakness which are objectionable th dealers and to those who would otberwiho wear them, that is. the braids oprn wben'tho hat is handled. lifted, donned, or dolt'ed.

This is a matter of mnstruetion and of manufaetlm illeretolom, in turting from the huttolntbe braid is In pedon top of the button and fed on top tliroughout the entire prmesa of sewing, to the edge-of the brim. Thus, the pattem edge. for example,

points away from the edge of the. brim and toward the hat band. and the lap mlggu of every .braid in the brim is Ti'ndrr the right at (hi-start; and m'er llamlge, guiug from the hand to the edge of the hruu. And mv irefermlway of making the hat as a wioie is in make the crown the niil way. frum the imtluin tn the iillll|- size, iii other words-i. ha'i'ing the right or exposed edge of the straw hraid puin'ting outwardly nml duwn. duing this on lhe urd-|- nary mm-hine. I then reverse the pint and the hraid and sew, with flu saw teeth hq-adg-d and to do the! it is news-may ln-nid m'er instead of under, thnl hraid iii the lmu'hilll' is lmynrd lilo haimifi in feed the till lml darn-h the right ur l-xpma-d edge 0 the hrand minlsmwnrd the lmmhamllhlls get a brim the! dim-a nut "pl-n nhjw-Limmidy lhm gh n||l slightly Mili'em-d. ur even when lml sull'vlwd at all.

the In make thiz imprm'l-d lnjit. it is lu-m-rsauv tn vhangv llu' wen-n1 halidriiilv'hml sh'uw mun-Inml'm svwmg -l|ubraid. in \vhi h the hraid i. under lill' 1 :ml and n n lmmd llul plalv. imlh lh'r and the work ving: :Jflidwl [rum Huhi i mul the mark guided [rum ils aid right ullh-r wig".

ffmm the head size-- out,

fed liver the u-rnwn, sl m-d part of the in in- Imu'hnw.

which I introiluee is $16! that the work is guided frmu' the Iimf'sewed fight.- rdfle of lhe newt-1i Wfilf'k and the hmid zi'ed inter instead (if under, and mill guided from the right edge. I

The iummvi-d gztrew Ind 2;" 'made has a flexible brim whim-Ii when Iu-ut dnwn will nut open between the-braids. Cir-"M013 rcl y little. :i'udlmne shines. the hrim-is 1h? firmerlme: flexihiel mid the head- .sizr'n'adily lakes -l.hi' shape 111' the head.

There may he i-nnsideraidew'aig'iulio m in this impfln'cdbut witlnml departing frnpn the spiritnfmy iuveulimi. 1

What I claim and desire Iu mm hy Imttem Patent is-- --In a Mrim -hnrid right ur n -mmlentml edge lflflfli [mun-d the-now.-

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